T-Mobile Czech Republic and Alcatel-Lucent complete 400G trial

26 May 2015 |

T-Mobile Czech Republic has completed what it claims is the country’s first 400G-speed data transport trial in partnership with Alcatel-Lucent.

The trial, which leveraged 320km of the operator’s existing
network between Prague and Hradec Králové, proved T-Mobile’s ability to meet
increasing customer demand for data, and laid the foundations for the delivery
of higher capacity enterprise and wholesale services in the future.

“We always want to
offer our customers the best user experience via technology leadership.
Offering the fastest data speeds is a natural part of it. This 400G trial shows
how advanced our network already is and that we are able to meet higher
bandwidth needs of our customers in the future.”

Alcatel-Lucent deployed its 400G agile optical networking
technology on top of T-Mobile’s existing DWDM network infrastructure, which is
designed to allow operators to scale their networks without costly
reengineering or expanding their footprints.

“This is the latest in a number of successful trials using
our 400G technology and underlines our leadership in IP networking,” said Alan Ilczyszyn,
sales manager at Alcatel-Lucent.